Rene Yung works with towns, cities, neighborhoods and organizations to
develop creative strategies and cultural tools that help them make positive
community change. She collaborates with project teams made up of design,
media and planning professionals, to provide a range of community building
services.

STRATEGIC CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT:
Creating dynamic systems that strategically connect cultural assets, community, and capacity,
to integrate vibrant civic development and meaningful community relationships in the built environment

PLACE-BASED CULTURAL PROGRAMMING:
Designing and implementing culturally-relevant programs that engage communities
and build a vibrant sense of place

COMMUNITY NARRATIVES:
Gathering the stories imbedded in
the people and history of a place and articulating them in impactful forms, to enhance community identity and inspire
heritage stewardship

"Rene brings to all her projects a very sophisticated understanding of the role of
cultural background in identity formation, community building, and the built environment."

— Lisa Richmond Executive Director, AIA Seattle

"Among artists who work with the material of community, Rene Yung stands out for her thoughtfulness, care, passion,
and large vision It is one thing to speak articulately about the work, another to carry it out with intelligence and clarity; Rene does both."

"I have experienced first-hand Rene's creativity, drive and focus in development of a project that has exceeded our expectations,
creating a new community-building tool which invites the public into a dynamic civic dialogue."

"Yung('s) work goes beyond the two-dimensionality of many projects that have been made under the 'multicultural' dispensation. She knows her subject is complex and difficult,
and that any art that tackles it honestly can not be easy or glib."